TOMMY AND HIS FATHER AFIELD 171 



think it was tied to make the flowers believe it 

 was a butterfly." 



" When I saw her by Old Adam she had a 

 Dogwood blossom in her hair," I told them. 



" Anyway she is light of foot," Tommy's 

 father said. " We should have to take a mile at 

 a hop and a furlong at a skip to catch up with 

 her. Tommy will have to see the good fairies 

 that attend to such matters and get them to stretch 

 him out a little." 



But Tommy didn't like being teased about this 

 strange girl and when they went away there was 

 no smile on his face. 



